804-775-1938
800 E. Canal Street, Richmond, VA, 23219,
Subjects: Agencies/Regulations, Ballot Measures/Campaign Finance/Elections, Business/Commerce, City/County Government, Energy/Utilities, Finance/Banking, Food/Restaurants, Health Care, Insurance, Manufacturing, Medicare/Medicaid, Professional/Vocational Licensing, Public Safety, RFP/Procurement, Science/Technology, Taxes, Tourism/Hospitality, Transportation/Vehicles
I help clients connect the dots so they can see the big picture of how policy, politics, press and political personalities impact their businesses. As an attorney and a lobbyist, I guide clients through the political, legislative, legal and regulatory landscape to create pathways to grow their businesses.
20+ years
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Government Relations, 2011-2020
Member, Virginia Code Commission
Commissioner (Virginia), Uniform Law Commission
In addition to being an attorney with McGuireWoods LLP, Chris is an executive vice president in McGuireWoods Consulting. His government affairs practice consists of representing clients before the Virginia legislature, executive branch and state and local agencies.
Chris' legal practice involves advising companies on political law compliance activities, including lobbying, gift restrictions involving public officials, campaign finance, and government ethics laws. He also holds the CIPP/US credential as a Certified Information Privacy Professional from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).
With more than 25 years of experience in Virginia government and politics, Chris has developed a deep knowledge of Virginia state and local government and the legislative and regulatory process. Drawing on his experience as a lobbyist and as the former chief counsel to a Virginia attorney general, Chris assists clients in developing and implementing legislative and regulatory strategies to meet their business and public policy objectives.
Chris brings a unique perspective to his political law practice because of his government relations experience. Understanding the political process and the practice of government relations is essential to advising a client on how to comply with the myriad of federal, state and local rules governing lobbying, ethics, conflicts of interest, ethics in public procurement and campaign finance, while still achieving the client's business and public policy objectives.
804-775-1946
800 E Canal Street, Richmond, VA, 23219,
409 7TH STREET, NW, SUITE 450, WASHINGTON, DC, 20004,
409 7TH STREET, NW, SUITE 450, WASHINGTON, DC, 20004,
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409 7TH STREET, NW, SUITE 450, WASHINGTON, DC, 20004,
1) Americans for Transparency & Accountability
5) Bond
6) Canon Financial Services, Inc.
11) Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA)
12) Company Six
13) DEBORAH HEART AND LUNG CENTER
15) Green Brook Flood Control Commission
16) HEALTHCARE INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY
18) Hospital Alliance of New Jersey
19) HUDSON COUNTY IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY
20) I AM ALS
22) Kaleo
23) Kaya17
24) Marotta Controls
25) Mayors Council Rahway River Watershed Flood Control
26) Micro Stamping Corporation
27) Monroe County Water Authority
28) National Alliance on Mental Illness
29) National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
30) National Troopers Coalition
33) Odyssey House Louisiana, Inc.
34) Olivian
37) Peninsula Regional Health System - Nanticoke Memorial Hospital
38) Personnel Decisions Research Institute, LLC
41) PMCM TV
42) Pool and Hot Tub Alliance (frmly known as Assoc. of Pool & Spa Professionals)
43) Premier Medical Corporation
44) Prudential
45) RESNET
46) ROWAN UNIVERSITY
47) RWJ Barnabas Health - FKA Barnabas Health
48) Saxon Glass Technologies, Inc.
51) SoutheastHEALTH
52) St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center
53) STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
55) Trauma Center Association of America
56) Treatment Communities of America
57) UNION COUNTY
58) US Physician Partners (Informal Coalition)
59) VALLEY HOSPITAL (VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEMS)
62) Windlift
64) Zoll